In the evolving game category, online shooters Fortnite and Overwatch will compete against each other and Destiny 2, Elite Dangerous: Beyond, Sea of Thieves and Rainbow Six.

Florence, Frostpunk, God of War, Marvel's Spider-Man, Red Dead Redemption and Return of the Obra Dinn are nominated for the best narrative award.

Single-player leads the way

Analysis by Steffan Powell, Radio 1 Newsbeat gaming reporter

These nominations can be read in two ways.

The first is that story-driven experiences are still very much alive, kicking and have a bright future.

Games like God of War, Red Dead Redemption and Celeste lead the nominations.

Despite the dominance of Fortnite and the Battle Royale genre this surely shows that audiences still crave games that take you on a journey - making you laugh, cry and jump along the way.

Fortnite is the only Battle Royal game nominated in the best evolving game category - although with Apex Legends missing the nominations cut-off date, maybe next year will be different.

The second way of interpreting the nominations is that there's a growing gulf between the members of the industry who decide the nominations, and the players themselves.

Lots of independent games have nominations, but there's nothing for really popular titles like Call of Duty and Fifa - and Assassins Creed only has the one. Are they out of touch?

The titles nominated in the best game category are genuinely deserving either way and, while it looks like a straight shoot-out between God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2 for the title, these awards are renowned for throwing up a surprising result.